ITS ll& Ji' T i r' ,rx affl 1B n?HB PTTTSBUEG DISPATCH, SUNDAY, JANUARY 5, 1890. V MB HIS MOTHEB. Irs. Partington Starts Upon Her Long Voyage of Adventure ON BOAKD OP THE SEVEN POLLIES. The Good Ola Lady Succumbs to Seasickness tut Finds AH EMOLUME&T IN A STEANGER'S GRIP & ' I 'zr ..flrWY. vv v. ( iwmtk ros the e:siitch.i CHAPIER II. MKS. PAET- 1KGTON having called Ike to her ide, and oyer and ver again en uined it upon the teward to look fterhini, thought he would lie own in her berth ud catch a nap, 3 the had ridden ome distance and elt. as she w- ormed George, he steward, a lit- le exaggerated, ind being hoisted ion Doara use a V- f -VT barrel ot potatoes '. was enough to frustrate anyone. She then laid her grip sack on the cabin table and turned in all standing like a trooper's horse. , And such a delightful sleep as she had! Such dreams of vessels drawn by horses, over tranquil waters, 'neath arching sum mer skies on which Isaac was sporting with all the "abandonment" of exuberant youth, sticking pins into circumambient cherubs, "when suddenly the sky grew dark, Isaac slid down on a convenient rainbow, thunder lolled tumultously, intermittent earth quakes added their tumult, and she awoke in terror. Unconscious of what the noises meant, ber first thought was to spring irom her berth, the second was that she was sorry she had clone it, for, as she emerged from between the drawn curtains, she found herself pitch ing headlong into a passenger's berth on the opposite side of the little cabin; but fortu nately the occupant was on deck, and she escaped the great mortification which his ibeing there would hare caused her. Extri 'fcating herself from this dilemma, she at tempted to cross the cabin toward the com panion way, when she plunged like a mad steer, into the stomach of Captain Darit, "who was coming down, and was thrown flat en his back by the concussion. "Dear me," said she, as the captain feebly; "I guess I'll go below," and he dis appeared. "I wonder if the steward put my gripsack in my berth?" said another, and he likewise went below. All were gone at last, and the Seven Fol lies was nermitted to practice as many eccen tric tricks as she pleased, and tshe was pleased to perform a good many. Ike, in the meantime, had made friends with the cook, a Cnracoa negro, and all the forecastle hands, and had learned every rope in the brig, helped haul at the braces, and was so busy about-decks that Si Pelton, the, mate, said he was a sailor already. With the cook he was a special favorite, who gave him potatoes to feed to the horses, which re ceived the donation gladly, as they were pitched forward and thrown back by the motion of the vessel. The cry of "Whoa" prevailed after leav ing the capes, and Mrs. Partington, as she lay in her berth, heard the sound, which was woeful to her ears, and it commended itself to her sensorium as an expression of woe, which, she mentally said, should be reported to the Society for the Promotion of Cruelty to Animals as soon as she got home. Ike came booming into the cabin, with a shout, and sought the dame as she lay hid den under the bed-clothes. "Isaac," said she, "brinjr me myhand bag from the table, and please ask your PITTSBURG II 1865. Some Recollections of a .Newspaper Han Who First Came to THIS CITY BACK IN THE SIXTIES. A Smoky Atmosphere Contrasting With Pretty Paces. ABOLISHING THE QUAINT OLD WATCH I -III ifl hhmm 4wmmh 7tfKimrm 18111 Mrs. Partington Find a Flask of Brand;. The Seven PolUes Dances Over the Watet. picked himself up carefully and seemed po litely angry; "dear me. what a convolution I am in I My brain is in such a state of coagulation that I can hardly keep on my feet. I never felt so before, and I have a aashua at my stomach that is very unpleas ant I hope you were not harmonized by your fall." "No, ma'am," replied the captain; "quite the reverse. The brig is pitching, that's all. She's a lively little craft. You'll get used to it soon." "Well," Baid she, "I'm glad to know it is not my head that's jumping so. Goodness gracious 1" aud she grabbed at the captain to keep herself from tumbling up the com panionway stairs. "Steward 1" shouted Captain Davit. "Aye, aye sir." "Here, have a care for this lady, and put that jug in my stateroom. Do you hear ?" "Aye, aye, sir." The captain resigned his charge to the steward, and returned to the deck. The jug was a formidable one, and as Mrs. Part ington held tenaciously to his arm, swaying with the motion of the vessel, he said, with serin: "Cap'n's medicin chist" "Is he a distempered man?" she asked. "Dreffle seasick. Gin cure 'im. Nat's on till gin am gone." "That is the most ginuine thing I ever heard of in medicated science," said Mrs. Partington, as the roll of the vessel almost lurched her on her beam end in spite ot the steward; "and shows how nicely means mav be adopted for ends. But I feel the horrid sashua coming on again, and will you please lead me to my berth? and please look after the boy." "All right, tnem; he's all right; funny lit tle chap," He drew the curtain and retired, jffbe Seven Pollies had sailed down the vraTeless harbor so smoothly and Quietly, passing along by shores replete with beauty, that the six passengers on deck enjoved their cigars and chatted merrilv. the lunnv mm of the party saying with emphasis that it was a "truly hortepicious beginning" of their cousin Si if he cannot tie the vessel in some way so that it can be easier, for I am com pletely obliterated." He brought the bag to her and then went on deck to give her message to Si, who told him to assure her that it should be attended to, and then, as it was now dark, he went to bis little bed on a pile of crates, made up for him by the steward, dropping off into slumber, rocked in the cradle ot the deep. Mrs. Partington having recovered "her property, laid it aside for the moment, but when everything was quiet, excepting the cry of "Whoa" on deck and the creaking of the timbers, as the vesselsetted into a hol lowof the waves, she opened her sack by the cabin lamp dimly burning. "Bless my soul!" said she, "what could they have put these things in for? two bunches of Clears, a package of matches, a comb, tooth and hair brush, three packs of cards and a willow flask! what can it sig- miyy x wonder what's in the flask? Medi cine, I guess, an emolument lorseasickness." She here unscrewed the top, smelled the contents of the flask, and several times re peated the operation. i "If my oilfactones don't deceive me," said she, " 'tis brandy, and it is said, by thosewhohave tried it, that it is an essensual thing for sea affectation." She raised herself on her elbow, elevated the flask to the extent of her ability, and at tempted to swallow; but the angle was not right for deglutition, and the fluid ran down her neck? outside, rather than in, she not per ceiving it and still trying, until, as she said to the steward afterward, she was completer satiated with the moisture. In the midst of her perplexity she heard a voice proceeding from the outer cabin shouting: "Where in Halifax is my gripsack? and whose is this? Here I have stockings, and handkerchiefs, and needle books, and knit- ling wort, and a snufl-box, and heaven knows what else, and all my cigars and brandy gone to the deuce." Mrs. Partington heard the voice, and with her customary shrewdness, knowing what it meant, she screwed on the top, and, calling the steward, bade him take the bag to the irate owner and request an exchange. This was effected and order reigned. The Captain kept his watch on deck, until at eight bells he came below, with a very pale face, except the end of his nose, which seemed in a high state of inflammation, as revealed by the swinging lamp in the cabin. "What is the matter?" said Mrs, Parting ton, through a chink in her curtain, as he was entering his state room. "What is the matter? Is the vessel floundering?" Had he replied "Yes" it would have made little difference to her as she then felt. "Sezik," he curtlv said, and then called. "Steward!" This was responded to with "Aye, aye, sir," and Mrs. Partington heard spoken in an undertone, the order, which she heard xnanv times thereafter, until the medicine chest was exhausted: "Gin and waterl" It was a hard watch for the steward that nieht, whose duty it was to watch over the recumbent Captain and supply his medicitie as demanded, the doses being at so limited a time between that the question propounded by the Governor of South Carolina to the Governor of North Carolina could have had no warrant there. In the morning the Captain came from his room with pallid cheeks; but his nose beamed with a richer lustre. The first night passed uncomfortably to everyone, and at six bells, all but Mrs. Partington mustered on deck with languid looks, the seas rolling in threatening masses around them. "I shall remain in my berth, steward," said she, "for it will be death to Jiie to go up, and nothing. but corrosive measures shall move me." B. P. Shillabee. 'S 01 Ike Eat a Good Time. Voyage. All were happy jjntil n earing the capes whieh divide the waters of the main from the inland channel there occurred sun dry disagreeable motions which indicated a change of conditions, endangering equanim ity, increasing as the vessel proceeded, and when they entered the "world of waters," as some inspired poet has called the ocean, the Seven Pollies revealed the character which the caotain had given her as a "lively little cralt." Sne danced right merrily with the Taves, the smokers threw the stumps of ineir cigars ut eruoara, conversation was re duced to ltsjuinimnmorceasedentirplf-nnfl IganghteV was silently tabooed. loircniiijuus air osi" said one. verr The Rock of Gibraltar Has not a firmer base than that on which the reputation of Hostetter's Stomach Bitters re poses. With shrewd discernment, the Ameri can public long since promoted it to the chief place in their esteem as a remedy for malaria, nervous diseases, dyspepsia, kidney trouble, biliousness and constipation. As a tonic, altera tive and diuretic, it ranks easily first. CARPETS AT HALF PRICE. January Bargains nt Groeizlnger's That Were Never Equaled. In taking stock we discovered a great many short lengths of carpets. Tbey are from 15 to 40 yards in length plenty for any room and consist of best grades of wiltons, moquettes, body Brussels, tapestry Brussels, etc. They will be on sale on Tuesday morning on first floor. These are all fine goods, and as tbey will go at the price of cheapest goods, they won't last long. Edwabd Geoetzisoeb, 627 and 629 Penn avenue. Th'e Anderson Gaa-SaTlosjBarner Sold by G. Trautman's, 1803 Carson st, S. S. Samuel Hare & Co., 1717 (Arson st.'S. S. Jos. Jones & Co., Main and Alexander sts., W. E. John Cowley, 6229 Penn ave., E. E. K. J. Bradshaw, 71 Jackson it, Allegheny. I. K. Becker, 646 Penn ave. P. P. Koline, 111 Fourth ave., and Standard Plumbing Co., 82 Pourth ave. D. Ltjtz & Son's justly celebrated ale, porter and beer are every year growing in publio estimation. Office and brewery cor. Chestnut st. and Spring Garden ave., Alle gheny. WTSSU Opening of Thnmajs Dancing Academy Por beginners next week, Tuesday, Wednes day and Thursday evenings. Children's class Saturday afternoon. See amusement column, this paper. DON'I forget our "Porget-Me-Not" sale. PuusHHAX & Co., Pittsburg. twnrrTEjf fob tiii dispatch. I think it was Heller, the magician, who played a very good-natured but extremely telling practical joke on the Pittsburg audi ences. He was a great favorite in the Smoky City; for lie was a witty talker and an ex cellent musician as well as an exceptionally good conjurer. And the ol&ckk town was a favorite wjth him, too. Therefore, when he .exhibited on the stage a large easel, and an nounced that the curtained picture on it was a perfect bird's-eye view of Pittsburg, the people took it as a very friendly compli ment, and prepared to do full honor to the work of art. After a sufficient amount of preliminary talk the curtain which hid the picture was thrown back and the"perfect bird's-eye view" was made manifest. There was a moment of puzzled silence in old Masonic Hall, and then a storm of uproarious laughter and ap preciative applause. Pittsburg was always quick to see a joke, even at its own expense; and here was a-very neat joke of that kind. The frame which the curtain had hidden held a large square of black velvet, with not even a white margin to relieve its blackness! That was the idea the bird had gained of Pittsburg. And really Heller's joke was not half so much of an exaggeration as a stranger com ing now to the city would suppose. In the summer of 1865, when I first came to the old town, I remember finding the perpetual darkness a cause of mnch mental disquiet as well as of physical discomfort. There was no signal service then to tell us every morn ing what kind of weather to not expect, and I was continually apprehensive of the severest thunder storm I had ever experi enced. At that time, and for nearly 20 years aft erward, the citizens had one infallible test by which they were able to distinguish a stranger before he had uttered a word. The visitor's face was sure to be streaked with blackness, while the Pittsburger's face was clean or bad the dirt evenly distributed upon it The stranger would feel a flake of the black snow which filled the air alight upon his nose or his cheek, and he would care fully rub it off with his handkerchief-the result being a tell-tale smear which enlight ened all beholders. The old resident under "such. circumstances fanned himself gently with his handkerchief, and the flake ot soot fluttered lightly away, leaving no trace. A PITTSBUBG ACCOMPLISnME.NT Chicago is a citv of smoke now; so is St. Louis; so is Cincinnati. Some Pittsburgers, made giddy by inhaling so much natural gas, are even fond of saying that Philadel phia is begrimed with smoke, which it is not. But in none of these places have I ever witnessed an accomplishment which commanded my admiration in Pittsburg in 1865. I doubt if it could be practiced any where else. The natural and cultivated talent necessary for it belongs to no other people. The person who, by a peculiar twist of the mouth, can blow a flake of soot off his own nose is not the kind of person you find scattered promiscuously through all sorts of cities; but he is the kind pre valent in Pittsburg in 1865. In those days of murk one of the very first strong impressions a stranger received was one of pleasant surprise. It was an unend ing marvel how so many fresh, pretty girls, and so many comely matrons, with com plexions fair and wholesome, could possibly exist and keep their untarnished beauty in such an atmosphere. They did, and I have heard avast amount of wondering comment on the pleasant fact. There are just as many beautiful girls and women to-day as then, but lor lack of contrast their beauty shines less conspicuously. Then every visitor to the city went to the top of Mount Washington to get a view of the city. The journey was by no means a trifling one, for there was no inclined plane there to give one a lift; but if circumstances favored, the view obtained was worth all the toil and trouble. At flight, particularly, the spectacle was unspeakably weird and picturesque; for there spread out below was what Parton called "Hell with the lid off." But so very rarely did circumstances fa vor! The chances were a good many to one that from the height attained at so much cost of labor nothing in the world could be seen but smoke. Probably not a steeple or chimney could be seen piercing the black density, and not even a visible gleam of fire brightening the gloom. The exhibition of Pittsburtr was most apt to be a repetition. on a large scale, of Heller's "bird's-eye view." But, after all, the stranger who stayed long enough to discover what else there was beside smoke and soot, inevitably fell in love with Pittsburg, and was always glad to come again and again. There was so much of hearty, genial cordiality; of heartfelt hospitality; of the best refinement; of whole some energy and restless enterprise, that no right-minded person could fail to be charmed. And besides, where there was so much smoke there must be fire. Yes, and what fire it was! Nowhere is there another sort so cheering, so sociable and so heart-warming as the old open-grate fire of bituminous coal. To sit alone in the room with one was like sitting close to a chatty and well beloved friend. Of course, I know all about the advantages of the natural gas fire. They are many and great; but tell me this: Can yon poke a natural gas fire and make it flame up and cackle with pleasant laughter, and sputter with unuttered jokes? Then go to with the fire of gas! I like better the old sort, ith its smoke and its comradeship. Allegheny's oppoetuititt. Another tour which the visitor was called upon to make, If his entertainer was a public-spirited and far-seeing citizen, was through some portions of Allegheny City. He was conducted north, south, east and west, and wa&carefully informed that he was not to thffik for a moment that he was seeing the best portions of the Bister city. He hoped he was not, for the portions he looked upon were not of the most fascinat ing character. Open spaces, long and wide; with short-cut paths running through them to suit the convenience of people who lived beyoud them these were the features to which his attention was invjtecl. The spaces were unkempt, and in some places were made unsightly by heaps of rubbish dumped upon the ground. Every where tbey were disordered, neglected and unimproved. These, the visitor was in formed, were the Allegheny Commons. They were public property, a public oppor tunity and a public reproach. Straightway the visitor saw, with enlight ened vision, that which his guide had meant him to see what a splendid chance was here for a grand public improvement. Allegheny had what few cities have, the material laid ready to her hand for a continuous chain of beautilul parks bordering the very heart of the city In 1865 the prospect that the commons would ever become the parks seemed dim and distant, indeed. Yet now the Alle gheny Parks ibave been for so long a time the pride and glory of the city that it is only by calling memory to severe account that we can recall the time of the rubbishy, uncared-for commons. And I suppose that, in the extra summer which Christmas brought into this winter, the statues that stand where dust-heaps stood looked down upon many pairs of low-talking youths and maidens who never knew the time when there was no beautilul park to make love in. Yet, when -we come to think of it, It is not so very long ago that the first fountain was set to sparkling. A notable event it was, and great crowds thronged to the place from allPittsburgandall Allegheny to seethe first stream thrown into the air. Cheers greeted its first npward leap, and the news papers made much of the event, both before and afterward. And now beholdl statues and monuments and fountains are everywhere. Beautiful trees abound, and conservatories of rare flowers offer abundant treasures. And only the other day a monument was unveiled there in honor of a man who, in the old time I have spoken of, was an unknown worker in a printing office! Truly, time works fast UNCHANGED ASD CHANGED. But one thing time has not changed to any great extent, and that is the perplexing maze of Pittsburg streets. The stranger in 1890 will have just as much trouble in find ing his way about as the Btranger of 1865 experienced. In the course of time he will learn how it is that Wood street and Fifth avenue, being at fight angles with each other, can both form an angle with Liberty street also; and he will learn the material distinction between Sixth street and Sixth avenne; perhaps will master the science of the acute angles formed by streets running parallel to the Monongahela river with streets running parallel to the Allegheny river. But -when he attacks the problem of the hill streets, he will solve it as the stranger in 1865 solved it: By concluding that some early settler tied a tin pail to a dog's tail, and laid out a street wherever the dog made tracks in the mud! And on many of the streets the newcomer will see the self-same things the oldcomer saw. The same houses, or others just like them, are there; and scarcely a Hint is given of the great wave of change which has so altered the face of things in central locali ties that the old citizen, returning after years of absence, feels that he is in a strange city. The wave will eddy into these nooks after a time; but now there are some ot them, with in five minutes' walk' of the Court House, where not a ripple has been felt. Where it has struck, what an altered aspect it has brought to pass! Looking at Pittsbnrg now, and then looking back to 1865, it seems as though the old place must have stood still belore that time, and for some time afterward. We know that it is not so, but the recent leap has been so vigor ous and so startling that it appears like the nrst spring of a newly-awakened athlete. How long was it after the war before there was any change in the business architecture or the house architecture of the city? Stores and dwellings were built in plenty, but they were built solid and square and unornamen- tal, just exactly as their predecessors had been. "The Iron Front" on Fifth avenue was a show building in those good old times. Now look! Pittsburg seems intent, on taking the lead, architecturally, as well as manufactorily if that is an allowable word. Some of the new business blocks would so sttjrtle an old-time ghost that he would think he had snrely mistaken the place. As for the new houses thtt many of the people are housing themselves in, there are no words to describe the change from the old style homes. A visit to some of the residence quarters of Pittsburg and Alle gheny is bewildering to an old-timer. The more modest houses, for people of very mod erate means, are pretty and picturesque be yond the imaginings of the 1865 builders; while the varied and artistic magnificence of some of the palaces prepared for wealth is simply astonishing. Truly, if Pittsburg did not move in the old days it moves enough now to make up for lost time. "watchman, tell tjs." Does it seem strange to any reader to be told that policemen are a comparatively recent innovatien in Pittsburg? Well, they are. Blue coats, brass buttons, belt and mace were all in the future, no longer ago than 1865. There were watchmen in those days and nights, and not so very many. of them. Watch boxes they had for shelter at various points on the streets, and they would issue forth from them at intervals and make their rounds. None of them were assigned to special duty at the corners of crowded thoroughfares either, and people who wished to get across the street waited until there was a break in the line of vehicles or else took the ohances. When the organized police force was in contemplation a police force that shonld be fitting for a city of such proportions as Pittsburg was beginning to attain there was much discussion about the matter. And I remember that one point of the discussion struck me as being characteristically Amer ican. Objection was made to the proposed uniforming of the men, because a uniform was a livery, and a livery was a badge of servitude, and consequently a humiliation. This objection was met by thefargument that a whole army of the best citizens of the country had just been disbanded; and every many in that army had worn a uniform. Of course such a discussion could end but in one way the way it did end. The police were uniformed, and no man of them found any humiliation in the fact For some time after 1865 the watchmen kept up the quaint old custom of crying the hour of the night: "Twelve o'clock at night, and all's well!" It took some tim to get used to hearing it. but one missed the call ing when it was done away with. James C. Pdbdt. THE LATEST CRAZE. Some Bard Facts About Influenza, Its Spread and Effects. LA GEIPPE IS KAEELY FATAL, Whether in the Aristocratic Bossian Form or as the COMMON AMEBICAN COLD IN THE HEAD. One on the Old Gentleman, SJUPt IWBITTEX 0R THE DISPATC1I.3 The American people are very impression able. They like a hobby of some kind, even if tbey have to go to Europe for it Influ enza is now the craze over which they are bubbling, and they are not satisfied with the ordinary American kind which would satisfy an average person, but they must have the Bussian kind with a French name "La Grippe." The old-fashioned kind which we have all had, and which our grandfathers had, and which was always called "cold in the head," accompanied by neuralgic aud rheumatic pains, are not good enough, or rather bad enough, but whenever a cold in the head develops the patient of course has the Bussian "Grippe," and at once lets go physically and becomes prostrated, for it is fashionable to be pros trated if the sneeze occurs half a dozen times, and, in fact, it has become quite the thing to have it anyhow, and to rub the nose and eyes constantly and talk in a loud tone about it in the cars, on the streets and everywhere else, ad nauseam. It is true that it is not a very pleasant thing to have in any shape, but the idea that we have any other disease among us than our own-old-fashioned influenza is a folly. There is probably no more influenza in tbis neighborhood now than there is usually at this time of year, with a soft season such as we have had. Foggy weather also causes it, and a Budden thaw, with its consequent slush and wet pavements, will cause bad colds, coughs, bronchitis and other bron chial troubles to as large an extent as this wet season we are passing through. HOT OFTEN FATAL. I Influenza is an Italian word, meaning in fluence. It is an epidemic catarrh, which is known all over the Temperate Zone, wherever the atmosphere is subject to sudden changes. It carries with it symptoms which are more or less severe, according to the nature of the case or the patient. It is very rarely fatal, excepting when the patient is already suf fering from some bronchial disease or tuber culosis, or where the system is otherwise re duced by disease, when pneumonia is likely to ensue. In the months of October and November, 1769, and in April and Mav, 1790, and again in the winters of 1825 and 1826 waves of influenza passed all over the United States of an unusually severe character, causing much suffering. Fear of it was not so general as now, because communication was very slow between distant points, hav ing no telegraph in those days, and the peo ple did not get excited over it as they appear to do now. Whole communities are attacked in a few hours with this disease, causing the belief among various writers that it is connected in some mysterious way with certain condi tions of the atmosphere or with some change in the electrical condition of the air and also to the presence of an excess of ozone in the atmosphere. Influenza runs across the 'country from southeast to northwest, as cholera does. Cur rents of air do not seem to have any influ ence on it, as it frequently travels against them. If the Bussian zymotic influenza is any worse than the American kind and it should land in Philadelphia, lor in stance, in a remarkably short time it would be in St Paul and the whole North west, and in this peculiar season, even in Texas and New Mexico, which this winter have taken their places among climates sub ject to sudden variations. This remarkable faculty it has of traveling sorapialyas against the general course of the air makes it resemble cholera, and from the fact that it has on two occasions been followed during the next summer by cholera, some wise phy sicians have had an idea that it might be followed by the same disease next summer. It follows no more than smallpox follows whooping cough. the direction of the ocean and may cause a a continuance of sickness. Ordinary precaution is necessary for every one. It is a matter of instinct for most peo ple to avoid a drait if possible. It is said of Englishmen that they build their houses so as to avoid drafts. The trouble is not in the location of the honse, but in the condi tion of the -windows and doors. Many peo ple change their clothing as often and as suddenly as the weather changes and often find themselves shivering or chilled through before getting home. All science and ex perience recommend warm clothing the lighter colored the better. Light color should be worn all the time, for it absorbs less heat in summer and radiates less heat in winter, and of course is wanner than dark colors. If all people would exercise more common sense, good judgment and care about their health, there would be very little influenza and other zymotio diseases to fear. BU3TBALO. HEW ASVZKTISEafEKTS. The Weather Qaexllon Disposed Of. From the Stir York Telegram. BeTeral of Our cotemporaries ask the ques tion, "Is the climate changing I" For their information we will state that it is always changing. It Is rarely the same for two months together. What a Comfort! HoDirtl NoFuss! No Back Ache! LASTS LONGER, LOOKS BRIGHTER, and males the Shoes WEAR BETTER. Don't 1st the women hare all thebest things, but usa WolfTsACMEBIacking ONCE A WEEK FOR MEN. ONCS A MONTH FOR WOMEN.', I find it a tip top Harness Dressing. WOLFF&RANDOLPH.Pfailadelphia GRAND OPERA HOUSE 11R. E. D. WILT, Lessee and Manager. THEATRE Under tbe d.treetion of H.DUCt&ft 00. A BIG DBAMATIO FESTIVAL. 0n& Week, Commencing (To-Morrow) Monday, January 6. Matinees Wednesday and Saturday. THE SEASON'S ONLY BIG SUCCESS. "Better than The Henrietta." New York Herald. THE.:iGREAT.:.CRAZE.:.IN.:.NEW.:.YORK. "Best American Flay Ever Written." New York World. BRONSON HOWARD'S GREATEST TRIUMPH. "Its Success is Greater than The Henrietta. "-New YorkTlmes. "It Will Always Stand as the Great American Play." New York Smv rcprnvrcnw (LEADING AMERICAN PLAY, Hnwnpnil POPULAR AMERICAN SUBJECT, ny wakus IMP0RTANT AMERICAN TRIUMPH PRESENTED WITH ITS COMPLETE CAST! WONDERFUL SCENERY! EVERY ACCESSORY! ioc AUXILIARIES ioo. January 13-HERMAN'S TRANS-ATLANTIQUE VAUDEVILLES. Ja7 ONE WEEK, COMMENCING JAN. 6. Matinees Wednesday and Satubdat. PRIMROSE & WEST'S Mr. Barkle (who has become only partly reconciled to his artist son-in-law) It don't look any more like Bertie than it does like a sheep. She never had a nose like that; and as for the eyes, they look like bullet boles in a blanket. Take the blamed thiag oat of my sight! i . Bertie (emerging) You're extremely complimentary, papa! Judge'. Iiook Here, Friend, Are Ton Sick? Do you suffer from dyspepsia, indigestion, sour stomach, liver complaint, nervousness, lost aopetite, biliousness, exhaustion or tired feeling, pains in chest or lungs, dry couchs, nightsweats, or any form of con sumption? If so, send to Prof. Hart, 88 "Warren street, New York, who will send you free, by mail, a bottle of Floraplexion, which is a snre cure. Send to-day. bos Landlord. Having increased our facilities, we are more than ever prepared to give special at tention to the management of properties and estates IifPittsburg, Allegheny and suburbs, renting and collecting rents. By our uni form system we secure better results than can be obtained by owners. Monthly set tlements and itemized statements forwarded promptly. Black & Baikd, 95 Fourth avenue. The Iron Citv Brewing Co.'s ale and cor- tor are the most popular seasonable .drinks. 'Ph. 11RB :' 'I PLAUSIBLE, BUT FALSE. As to the electrical theory, there is a plausibility in it if electricity has anything to do with disease. There has been almost a total absence of that subtle clement in the air during this whole season. Everyone knows that frosty weather makes a highly electrical condition of the atmosphere, or at least that there is a very large quantity of it in the air dnring a severe cold snap. Any epidemic disease can be carried from house to house by visitors who may have some germs in their own persons and be ap- Sarently healthy at the same time. Many iseases have become epidemic by the actions of superstitious, ignorant people of all conditions of life; many of whom should know better, who think and say that there is no use in taking precautions against disease; that all children have to have cer tain diseases some time, and they might as well have them now as again, and they take no care to protect their little ones from those frightful diseases incident to children, which destroy the hopes of many a family; and they even invite all other children to their houses and to their funerals, where death stands in the doorway. Otherwise sensible doctors will tell you that they cannot carry these diseases about with them in their clothing, although they have just come from a house reekine with disease. Many thou sands of lives of little ones could be saved annually if a little common sense could be used by doctors and parents in the care they take in the handling of epidemic diseases. HEALTHY EAST WTSDS. Most people have an idea that all east winds are damp and unhealthy. To a large extent they are in this country, bnt the east winds now prevailing all over Europe come from-the vast plains' of Russia, and are ex cessively dry. All east winds in front of storms are peculiarly'damp, but they don't last long, as tbey change around to the west as soon as the storm passes. But the long continued east wind in the British Isles is a source of great dread and nervousness to the sick and suffering. Those wiuds do not tura to the west, and aie very dry and suffo cating. Deaths from tubercular disease and brain trouble reach their maximum during their long prevalence. The season is now at hand lor us to have our east winds of long continuance. If they are accompanied by irostj which they very likely will be, there will probably ba a cessation of in fluenza to a larce extent, but if they are not frosty, they will be damp, as coming from Mammoth, Matchless ' MINSTRELS. Greater, grander than ever. Absolutely the only perfect minstrelsy in existence. QlTlne an unaoriaKea presentation ot tne stupenaons and unparalleled programme that so recently charmed and dazzled New York, Philadelphia and Boston. EEGrtJLAR PEICES, 25c, 50c, 75c and $1 00. Next Week, HANLON'S FANTASMA. ja347-S MONDAY EVENING, JANUARY 6, Matinees, Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. THE AMERICAN FOUR- COMEDY AND SPECIALTY COMP'Y. The American Four. Pettinglll. Gale. Lewis and Lord. Miss Lillie Western. Cain and Lorena. Charles L. Banks. 8 World's Trio 3 Colonel D. Wepts. The tiheenans. James and Lvdla. The Sbeppard Sisters. Karl and Bailey. The Healeys. Prof, H. T. Campbell. Jan. 13-PETER RICE'S SYNDICATE. VAUDEVIXLE jai25 pUENTHER'S ORCHESTRA Furnishes Mnslo for Concerts, Weddings, Receptions, etc, etc. Also Lessons on Flute and Piano. el5-l-su HO WOOD ST. HABRIS,CTEATE1R. WEEK COMMENCING MONDAT. JAN. a Every Afternoon and Evening. "Jes, lem me shake your hand!" The Great Sensational Drama, REUBEN GLUE! By the late Fred Marsden, Esq. Intro ducing the Celebrated Charac ter Comedian. JOHNNIE PRINDLE And a Strong Company, ander the man agement of GUIFFUS AJNX WILSON. Week Jan. IS-St Felix Sisters in "A Royal Hand." ja5-l PROF. BROOKS' DANCING ACADEMY, LiDerty avenne and Sixth street. The second term for beginners will commence for ladies and gentlemen THURSDAY, Janu ary 2, at (o'clock p. M. For misses and mas ters "SATURDAY. January i at 3 o'clock. New dances tansht -will be the Military Schottische Qaadrille. Le ReTe. Cadet Walts and L'Eclalr, the last named just received from the author. See clronlara at music stores. de29-7D PICKERING! Pittsburg's Liberal House Furnisher! COR. TENTH ST. ASD PEM AYE. WORID'SMUSEUM, ALLEGHENY CITY. The first week of the new year. The first New Year of the season, BEGINNING JANUARY 6, 18801 -' The first novelty of the kind ever introduced- BIO- ELIZ, the famous fat woman, will act on the stage at every performance during the week. She will aDDcar in her romantic two-minute drama, en titled, "HE IB TOO yUlUK. Jt'OK MIS." , t5 to the citizen of either city who will go on the stage and waltz with Big Eliza. Hue is a beautifnl waltzer. All new attractions throughout. A great show guaranteed; the runniest week of the season. Next Marcos Goodwill, the German giant. ja5-Z7 Resolutions to be Remembered This Year-! THUMA'S DAMMG ACADEMY, 64 FOURTH AVENUE. Only member In Pennsylvania of tho National Association of Teachers of Dancing of the U. S , etc Opening of the second session tor be ginners next week, a TUESDAY, WEDNESDAY AND THURS DAY EVENINGS, And Children's Classes SATURDAY AFTERNOONS. Term of 10 Lesions S3. Authorized teachers ot the Broncho (mnsic at Kappel'i). Pocket edition of 1890 latest figure calls issued by tbis acad emy under authority of some of the best teach ers. Forsale at all bookstores and atacademy. 23c each. jao-6 TMPERIAL HALL Cor. Soventh ave. and New Grant street, THE IMPERIAL CLUB'S Popular Receptions every Thursday Night. Admission 50c. The Imperial Dancing Academy Matinee Re ception everv SaturdavAtternoon. Admission 25c. Mozart and Royal Italian Orchestras. ja5-24 We Have Resolved, FIRST To put forth our best efforts during the coming year toward giving our patrons the great est amount of satisfaction and pro viding them, as in the past, with the largest stock, the latest styles and the lowest prices procurable in Pittsburg. SECOND To make our store the model criterion and the first resort for those in search of House Furnishings of any description, and to secure them in their purcnases by guaranteeing every article that we sell, and being always ready to exchange any article not proving satisfactory. THIRD To maintain the high standard which has characterized our business in treating all classes with equal liberality, and to enhance the good opinions of the public by living up to our past spotless record, and making such innovations from time to time as will be highly bene ficial to our customers. You Should Resolve, FIRST To advance your own interests by trading only where you can do the best, and with such houses as show a disposition to serve you well and faithfully and an inclination to promote your wel fare by reducing the cost of your purchases to the lowest possible figure. SECOND To insist that you be supplied with the best the markets afford in house furnishings, and not to accept any old styles or un seasonable articles, for it is an established fact that every season offers BETTER GOODS WITHOUT INCREASING THE COST. Hence you are doing yourself an injustice by buying old-style goods. THIRD To practice economy by buying your goods from us, who can and will sell them to you cheaper than any house in PittSj burg. issin ACTUAL SiSJ rt P r- T eiXfiU j-niui rivv fiMCniClNC iHM ?Wh ' Awarh t - ' - . & UlNsWfijf for Weak Stomach Impaired Digestion Disordered Liver. SOLD BY ALL DRUGGISTS. FRIGE 25 OEiyTS PER BOX. reparedonlyI)yTHOS.BECHAM,SfcHelens,Iaiicashire,ErjglanfJ. B. F. AXLEK & CO., Sole Agents FOR UNITED STATES, 36S & S87 CANAI ST., NEW 1T0KK, Who (if your druggist does not keep them) will mail Beecham's Pills on receipt of orice-fw'flTjA.JPlease mentign this paper.) YOU CAU COMMENCE BI PAMIZM 01 GREAT MABK-DOM SALE, Which is in progress in every department of our business and which furnishes rare opportunities for saving money. Every department, from cellar to roof, has seen its price-marks changed, and every day this month will see our stock reduced to a minimum if bottom prices wield their usual influence with the public. We mean to close out the goods we have on hand and have marked them down to such low figures that they'll probably never again be duplicated. Ohl But hoio this sale will wake up other dealers! Everybody in search ofiargains should visit us Without going into details we will say that anything and everything to furnish a house complete is to be found at our store, All reduced in price and all at lower figures than will be seen again for many a long while. , Parlor Furniture! Bedroom Furniture! Kitchen Furniture! Dining Boom Furniture! Library Furniture! Carpets! TimeFleces! Odd Pieces! Odd CJiairs! Pictures! Etc., Ladies' Cloaks, Dolmans, Newmarkets, Etc:, uLNn ME2PS OYEBCOATS, All for Cash or on Easy Payments. Call and see us. PICKERING'S OliD RELIABLE HOUSE, Cornier Tenth Street and Penn Avenue. ia -n ! " . - t. 4 ,--, cw&Mil -MJiLaii.",
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